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BYRON L. meer, or tracoma, MISSISSIPPI.

BOOFINGPTILE.

Specication of Letters Patent.

, Patented'Feb. 16, 1909.

Application led February 21, 1908. Serial No. 417,215.

To all whom it 'mafy concern:

Be it'known that l, BYRON L. BACOT, a 'citizen oi the Unite :l States, residing at Mci Comb, in the county of Pike and State of Mississi pi, have invented certain new and use i'ul Improvements in Roofing-Tile, of which the following is a specication.

This invention relates to tile-roofs and has -or its object to provide an improved tile Y 1 6 together with improved meansjfor fastening A the same to the roof-timbers as will be described more fully hereinafter Aand-pointed out in the claims'. in the accompanying drawing Fi re 1 is a 15 plan view of a portion of a roof lai with my tile, parts being shown in sections. Fig. 2 1s a section on the line 2`2,.Fig. 3 is a section onthe line 3-3', and Fig. 4 is a section on vthe line 4 4 of Fig. 1. Fig.. 5 is a bottom planview of one of the tiles. 6 is a sec- .tion on the line 6-6 of Fig. 2. f

'i Referringseeically to the drawing', the tile 6 has a su stantially rectangular outline with two diagonally opposite corners eut 01T fand beveled as indicated at 7 and-8, res ctively. The tileis corrugated or iiute to form ridgesl and depressions running from the top to the bottom of the tile. At the apexfof' the ridges on the bottom ofthe tile,

3.0 near its lower edge, are lugs 9 which iit in notches`10 in the upper edge of the next tile below when the tiles are in position on the roof. By interlocking thev tiles as stated lateral displacement is prevented'. The lugs 9 are enlarged as indicated at 11 so that they may engage the upper side of the longitudinal roofing-strips 12. The upper side ci A .thepart 11 has a conoidal projection 13, andextendingthroughthejpart 11 fromtheapex ""AO .of said projection 1s a nail hole 14 to' receive a nail 15 which is driven intothe rooinlg'- strip engaged "by ,the 1u wherebyvthe Vt' e vis secure y fastened and eld Ain position on thereof. Atfa'point near the back of the 46-ti1ethe part 11 has a hole 16 which extends'A parallelto the nail-hole 14, and communicates therewith by'means of a slot 17. .The width ofthe slotlissuch. that the shank of the nail 15 can pass therethrough, and the 4 50 hole 16 is largeenough to admit the-head of the nail. This enables the nail to be bent u through the slot to bring its'head in line wit thevhole 16 after which moved Without roofing-strip.

y' The object of the conoidal projection 13 is to enable` the nail to be driven close up to its head Without danger' of striking the lug with the tile can be repulling the nail out of the the hammer. With a square faced lu the.

hammer would have to be kept. pe ectly square with the lug, and upon drivingthe nail close up to its ead, the hammer is apt to strike the lug and break it off, thus render'- ing the tile useless; or thel nail would have to be only partly driven. In the present construction, if the hammer.. should strike the projection 13, it will only break oit the oint thereof as it is the weakest portion, an the tile would then still be serviceable, the nail isbent up inthe slot 16 it will project from that side of the part 13 sufliciently to ypermit it to be readily grasped for removal.

Ahe thickness of the lug 9 is the sameas that of the title sov that the overla ing top and. bottom edges of the tiles Willplie close together, and the back of the -tile next below will bein contact with the roofing-strip as clearly shown' inf'Fig. 2. This arrangement makes a close joint V between the tiles. The walls ofthe notches 10 are inclined, and

the abutting sidestand end of the lugs 9 are shaped accordinglyl to" closely t the same. When in position on the roof, one of the longhiliidinaled es oi a tile overlaps the longitu- Aal edge o the adjacent tile to the left, and the bevel 8 abuts against the Vbevel 7 of the next tile below to the left. v The joint between the bevels 7 and 8 is overlap d on the top and the 'bottom by 4the ends o the adj acent'tiles of the two` courses, and the depression of the loweroverlapping tile is under :the jointras' shownv in F1g.,4. AThis ai-'rar'ngage-A When ment completely incloses'thejoint, but

water should get between the -joint it will run into the depression just referred to and d own. thesame onto the.- next tile below and so ont od the roof.

The 'tile hereindescribed is simple in conduced. The fastening means 'securely old rainroof roof is had. The roof is also -proo `agaiijist `damage from the wind as the 'struction and therefore can be'cheaply rolatter carinot get under the tiles. Ii the roof l formed with a conoidal projection and heving 10` requires repairs any of the tiles can be readily it perforation extending through the lug from removed Without removing adjacent tiles. the apex ofthe projeetlon.

I claim: In testimony whereof I aix my signature, l. A roofing-tile having on one side a perinpresenee of two Witnesses. forated lug the outer erid of which is reduced BYRON L. BACOTX ','to forni a portion which is frangible to a Vitnessesz greater degree than the main body of the lug. F. Lm MARTIN,

2 A rooting-tile having on one side a, lug R BACOT. 

